Widen
[ 'waɪdn ]
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vt.& vi. 放宽，加宽，（使）变宽;
💡 词根助记
wid=wide宽的 + en表动词 → vt.加宽 vi.变宽
📝 例句
Further studies should widen the scope of this interesting method.
进一步的研究将扩大这个重要方法的应用范围。
We should widen the opportunities for adequate medical care.
我们应当使得到适当医药救护的机会更为扩大。
When are they going to widen the streets?
他们打算什么时候把这些街道加宽？
I do think, sir, we would be advised to widen our inquiries.
长官，我确实认为我们最好扩大调查工作。
I take up a second foreign language to widen my sphere of knowledge.
我选修一种第二外语来扩大我的知识面。
🌱 联想助记
【记】wide-宽的,n-似“门”:门需要加宽
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
widen
v[I, Tn]
(cause sth to) become wider （使某物）变宽; 加宽; 放宽
The road is being widened.这条路正在拓宽.
He wants to widen his knowledge of the industry. 他想扩充自己在这一行业的知识.
🔁 扩展释义
*['waidn]vt. 弄宽, 加宽, 扩大vi. 变宽, 扩大
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We are wasting time.
我们是在浪费时间。
Most of us are able to solve most of our problems. Often, all we need is a good friend who will listen to us while we talk things through. If friends can take turns to listen to each other well, life will be better!
我们大多数人都有能力解决自己的大部分问题。我们常常需要的是一位能倾听我们“畅叙衷肠”的好朋友。如果朋友们能够轮流相互倾听对方的谈话，那么生活就会变得更美好！
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.
由于卡尔·冯·弗里施教授一生都在研究蜜蜂在内的动物之间信息的传递，他和另外两位科学家在1973被授予一项诺贝尔奖。他于1982年去世。